On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 07:12:13 +1030 Simon <si...@simotek.net> said: > On 01/07/2014 01:07 PM, Cedric BAIL wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Tom Hacohen <tom.haco...@samsung.com> wrote: > >> On 06/01/14 04:25, Cedric BAIL wrote: > >>> As we move forward with Eo and Eolian, we will generate a part of our > >>> code automatically at compile time (some .c and .h). We also by now > >>> require a C++ compiler (for ephysics) and Lua for Edje. So I am > >>> thinking it is starting to make sense to plan the generation of those > >>> bindings at the compile time of EFL to, instead of relying on another > >>> stage where will would generate those. > >> I disagree. > >> > >> First of all that "another stage" is done by packagers, and since > >> packagers will split those anyway (more work), it doesn't save anyone > >> any work, but might actually increase the work for packagers (now having > >> to remove the C++ libs and headers). > > There is no such think as a C++ library and I don't see why they would > > specifically split away C++ header out of EFL devel package. You would > > have to enlighten me on how you expect EFL to be packaged. I am > > arguing that it is a bad idea to split EFL more than just a devel > > package and the rest. > > > From a packaging position I'd be happy with the C++ Bindings being > included in the core, i think this is pretty common and makes sense if > there are no or minimal extra dependencies. As for other bindings i > think they would be packaged completely separately were not going to > force someone who wants to develop for C to install all of python. > Having said that for me with obs I can split out the binding files / > requirements into a separate package from the same build i'm guessing > others can't though so they probably care more. I would prefer not to > maintain a separate build for the C++ binding though, i don't see the > point.
i have yet to see a packaging system (worth using) that can't split things out. (rpm, deb, pacman - gentoo doesn't count as it doesn't have a packaging system... it only has a compiling+installation system :)). -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
